MASTER PAINTERS

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 134, 22 February 1923, Page 8

MASTER PAINTERS

ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The annual conference of the Now Zealand Federation of Master Painters, Decorators and Signwriters was continued yesterday. After a considerable amount of discussion on the “paint-un campaign,” during which the Auckland delegates complained that reflections hnd been ca«t on their association, it was decided ft o delete from a report words objected to as offensive. When two rival schemes of advertising had been outlined, the conference resolved that tho campaign be left to tho incoming exocir.ivo committee to draw up a report and submit the same to affiliated associations, ft was an instruction to the committee that the plan decided upon bo gone on with provided two or more . associ itions agree, but no liability is to be incurred by the associations standing out. The conference agreed on the advisability of setting up a committee to go into the matter of- creating a Master Painters’ Assurance Fund. It was decided to draw up a new set of rules to be printed and dirciulated among members of federated associations- Endeavours are to bo made to get Parliament to pass an Act for the compulsory registration of master painters. A resolution was passed to the effect that the powers of sanitary inspectors be enlarged to allow of the inspection of old scrim and paper work. The matter - of a standard form for tender and acceptance for tho i»We of New Zealand was tableci for discussion.